Almost half of Canada’s newly settled Syrian refugees haven’t really settled at all: Immigration Minister John McCallum told a Commons committee Tuesday that 48 per cent still have not found permanent housing.

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“The resettlement plan is severely deficient. That officials and the ministers believe that refugees are settled within two weeks after they arrive is a break from reality because that’s not what I’m seeing,” Kwan said.

The Vancouver East MP says she has met with some Syrian refugees still waiting for housing after two months.

Refugees have so far been sent to dozens of communities across Canada, some of which have proven to be more challenging to settle into than others.